Making it personal
Students at a local elementary school are having
more success than adults have with past attempts to
calm traffic.
For the past couple of months, a Grade 2/3 class
at Second Street Community School has been rallying with signs, two to three times a week, reminding
drivers to slow down and be careful.
“By having the students out there, it’s made a
huge difference,” said principal Gregory Walters. “It
really has improved.”
Like many local schools, Second Street struggles
with morning and after-school traffic problems – people rolling through the four-way stop, parents using
the staff parking lot drop off and pick up kids and
jaywalking.
At the safety rallies, the children are often smiling
and waving, and the drivers respond in kind, Walter
said. When parents have volunteered to help with
traffic safety in the past, he’s heard that arguments
have erupted. Seeing a child’s face instead takes the
edge off driver frustration.
Some students also made a video highlighting
safety. They demonstrated how to cross the street
properly, without jaywalking, and showed where
you can and can’t park. The video was screened at an
assembly, and the school plans to show it to parents
as well.
The video should be on the school’s website soon.
Visit secondstreet.sd41.bc.ca.
– By Jennifer Moreau, staff reporter

On duty: Students wave placards at
one of their regular safety rallies.

As Canadians get closer to V-Day on May
2, the top two contenders in the too-close-tocall riding of Burnaby-Douglas are entering
the final stretch of the race.
Conservative candidate Ronald Leung
was at a public announcement with immigration minister Jason Kenney when the
Burnaby NOW contacted his office, but campaign manager Brock Stephenson chatted

about the final focus.
“Ronald is focusing on meeting voters
on their doorsteps, hearing what they have
to say,” Stephenson said. “There’s no better
way to commit someone to vote for Ronald
than meeting him. He’s a great guy, a local
resident involved in the community.”
The NDP has held the Burnaby-Douglas
area for the past 31 years, but Bill Siksay
barely held onto his seat in the 2008 election.
The NDP incumbent won by just 798 votes,
with Leung close behind.
As for those decades of New Democrat
reign, Stephenson pointed out that the NDP
was in opposition the entire time and added
that Burnaby-Douglas residents want a real

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“They want someone who is contributing, not just someone who is opposing
everything,” he said.
This year, the Conservatives have been
polling consistently ahead of the pack, but
the NDP has made a historic jump, surpassing the second-place Liberals for the
first time in 20 years. But that didn’t seem
to worry Stephenson, who said people are
concerned about the NDP.
“Their platform is promising things
that will be very costly to Canadians,” he
said. “People are really concerned about
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Parents protest gay-positive policy
Policy would support students
and teachers who are lesbian,
gay, bisexual or transgendered
Jennifer Moreau
staff reporter

About 100 parents descended on the
Burnaby school board meeting Tuesday
night, upset over a policy to prevent discrimination against gay, lesbian and queer
staff and students.
The ad hoc group filled the room
beyond capacity, with many holding signs
reading: No 5.45.
The number refers to the policy school
trustees came up with to support students
and employees who are (or are assumed
to be) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
transsexual, two-spirit or queer (LGBTQ).
The policy’s objective is to ensure all
school community members learn to work
together in an atmosphere of respect and
safety “free from homophobia, transpho-

bia, antigay harassment and exclusion,
regardless of their sexual orientation or
gender identity.”
The parents’ group expressed concerns
that the policy was segregating children,
while infringing on parents’ rights to educate their children and give them moral
guidance.
“This policy places far too much importance and emphasis on an issue that
impacts a few,” said Heather Leung, a
local parent with three kids in the school
system. “What is being recommended in
this draft is a deliberate and systemic
strategy to indoctrinate our children with
a controversial moral teaching that should
be left for families to decide on and wrestle
through.”
Leung also said the policy labels children and suggests they question their
sexual orientation and sexual identity.
On behalf of the parents, Leung
demanded that the policy and public hearing minutes be translated into different
languages, that the district hold a public

hearing with translators, and that Burnaby favour of the policy, mainly school councilparents be allowed to vote on the policy.
lor Debra Sutherland and James Sanyshyn
Another speaker, George Kovacic, said from the Burnaby Teachers’ Association,
the policy could “create an
both of whom worked closely
environment of discrimination
with the board to develop the
“If a parent says policy.
and intolerance.”
that the school
“Parents grant the educaSanyshyn said when the
tion system the privilege to
board
passed the draft vermust not interfere
teach their children but they
sion two months ago, he felt
with moral teach- welcomed and included as a
do not relinquish their parental rights when they send
ings, the school gay teacher.
their children to school. If a
“Every day, since becoming
must respect this a Burnaby teacher in 1997, I
parent says that the school
must not interfere with moral
have heard anti-gay slurs in
request.”
teachings, the school must
our school hallways – fag, fagGEORGE KOVACIC
respect this request,” he said.
got, queer, that’s so gay, lesbo,
spoke against the policy
“Furthermore, the committee
dyke – sadly, the list goes on.”
has failed to recognize that the
Sanyshyn also cited statisdivine meaning of human sexuality is tics stating that three-quarters of LGBTQ
an integral teaching of the world’s great students felts unsafe in schools and heard
faiths,” he said, questioning if children homophobic language every day. Onecould be expelled for their religious beliefs quarter have been physically assaulted
or parents prosecuted for asserting their or harassed, and half connected a desire
rights to educate their children.
to kill themselves with their struggles to
Gay Page 4
The board also heard from speakers in

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crime, whereas Ronald wants to make sure our communities are safe,
(and) the vulnerable children and our elderly are protected.”
Leung’s top contender, New Democrat Kennedy Stewart begs to differ.
Stewart pointed to the Nanos Research polls, with daily updates, which
show health care and the economy as the top concerns for Canadians.
“Look where crime is, it’s not even on this list,” Stewart said. “This is
what Conservatives do in every election. They try to scare people ... but
people aren’t thinking about crime, that’s not working.”
As of April 27, the Nanos polls also show that policy, at 49 per cent, is
the top driving factor for voters. Party leader is second at 26 per cent, and
the local candidate is third at 13 per cent.
Stewart linked the NDP’s surge in the polls to the party’s platform.
“The Nanos poll says health care and the economy are the top issues,
and people make decisions on policy rather than parties,” he said, adding
that’s where the NDP platform comes in. “I think that’s what’s really spoken to people, and they are really tired of the two old parties.”
Like Leung, Kennedy is spending the final days door knocking, but he’s
also meeting SkyTrain commuters and attending all candidates debates or
whatever events his campaign manager has lined up.

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Vancouver Police arrest a man in connection with Vancouver’s fourth homicide of
2011.
Johan Manuel Garcia Sime was arrested
and charged with one count of manslaughter in the death of 43-year-old Rodney
James McDonald, who died on April 16
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accept their sexual orientation.
“What if Asian youth suicide rates
were 16 times higher than non-Asian
youth?” he asked. “Would these communities be here speaking and demanding
action? I would say yes. If they were not,
I would be.”
Two students also gave emotional
speeches about their experiences of being
discriminated against because of their
sexual orientation.
Tensions were high in the meeting,
with one disruptive audience member
speaking out of turn, and Leung confronting Sutherland outside the meeting, saying they are using the children.
“That’s ridiculous, shame on you,” she
said to Sutherland.
School trustee Gary Wong chaired the
committee that developed the policy.
Wong said he heard the parents concerns,
but the trustees have to look at their
responsibilities outlined in the School Act
to be secular, and non sectarian,

“We have to look at ... what the laws
have decided on this issue,” he added.
“There are a number of cases out there
where school districts have not done
enough in the eyes of the human rights
tribunal and have actually been found at
fault, and there are penalties involved.”
As far as reconciling the parents’ views
with the intent of the policy that may not
be possible, according to Wong.
“It may be very well that we can’t,” he
said. “It’s not really talking about parents
not having the right to teach their children. They have every right to teach their
children, but the issue is tolerance and
acceptance.”
The board’s policy committee will
review the draft, and send it back to the
board for a final vote, possibly in June.
The item will be posted in the board
meeting agenda on the district’s website,
at www.sd41@bc.ca.
To read the policy, go to Jennifer Moreau’s
blog, Community Conversations, at www.
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Harper. Some pundits suggested that
This is not an editorial exhorting you
having an “eastern” paper throw its edito get out and vote. We’ve done that. It
torial support behind a candidate might
is also not an editorial telling you who
just get western voters’ backs up and
to vote for. We don’t believe in endorseactually hurt Harper. Who knows?
ments. Although for many newspapers
We do, however, think it’s
it’s part of the election cammighty arrogant of newspapers
paign process.
to try and use their clout (what
In the 2008 federal election,
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port a candidate – left, right or centre.
Stephen Harper. We don’t think he
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perhaps it didn’t hurt. This past week
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or what policies, are best for Canada? Do
readers really need a newspaper to tell
them who to vote for? And after a newspaper endorses a candidate and/or party,
what responsibility does that newspaper
have in continuing coverage of their
“endorsed” candidate? Newspapers and
journalists are facing increasing questions about their credibility and bias. It
seems to us that a newspaper endorsing a
candidate only amplifies those concerns.
Yes, newspapers are not clinical, scientific devices. They are staffed by human

beings who, by our very natures, have
biases. We try not to have those biases
impact our decisions. But it would be
false to suggest that no matter how hard
we try, our decisions aren’t influenced
– albeit as little as possible – by our own
experiences.
We’re not going to tell you who to
vote for, but we will say that it is almost
always better to trust one’s own thinking
than follow someone else’s. At least you
can only blame yourself if you’ve picked
the wrong politician.

Racism evident in
news coverage
Re: Robbery drama unfolds
I am sick of this both in print
– Front page, Burnaby NOW
media and on TV, and the worst
Saturday, April 23.
is in the movies. Movies have
n my and other people’s opingone back to showing almost
ions, you are racists for your
exclusively white leads, and if
depiction of black and other
there is a black person on the
non-white people in a negative
show, no matter how important
light. While it’s not
or smart they are, they
that I don’t think
get a small amount of
these suspects should
screen time, second or
Jasmine Rayne
have their faces and
third billing, or they get
images on the cover of a paper,
killed. I’m done with Hollywood
it’s that not once do I recall seeing movies and with reading publicaa white person being taken away
tions that overtly promote blonde
in handcuffs by the police on
whites over other ethnicities.
your cover. But let a black person
People of every colour should
be seen in handcuffs and you, of
be alarmed at this trend. It trickcourse, plaster it all over the front les down to every aspect of life.
page.
For example, being a person of
The white suspects in many of
colour if I go to a store and am
the other headline crimes don’t
dressed like every other casually
appear on your cover in handdressed white person and I try to
cuffs – and don’t bother saying
return an item or expect decent
that you didn’t get those photos. I customer service, almost always
don’t believe you even tried to.
I will receive a cold or even disNo, the cover of the Burnaby
trustful response from the clerk.
NOW (and the other local paper)
So, I have learned, I must
usually show only sweet-looking, dress in light colours, dress at
mostly blue-eyed white people.
least twice as nice as others and
It doesn’t matter if they are from
smile and be incredibly charmBosnia or Australia or even if
ing if I expect not to get a hassle.
they’re accused of war-crimes,
Another example is when I was
if they’re white and especially if
merchandising some CDs for
their hair is light, they’ll make it
my favourite band. The front-ofonto your cover.
house clerk who didn’t know me
Oh sure, occasionally, you’ll
demanded that I do an invenhave some person of colour with
tory of the CDs first and give it
some ethnic-slanted story, but
to her and then she watched me
you almost consistently show
all night like a hawk and refused
black people – especially – in an
to leave at the end of her shift
unfavourable light. They’re either – even though the event manager,
poor, from another country, or
who I knew, gave me a hug
down on their luck.
Racism Page 7

Re: City gets failing grade over tree protection,
Burnaby NOW, April 20.
It’s great that South Burnaby residents are getting united to protect residential trees in our city,
but here in North Burnaby we also have lost a huge
number of healthy, mature trees over the past two
decades.
Just look at the devastation on Cliff Avenue
between Union and Winch over the past three years.
From two Japanese cherry trees at the corner of
Dunnedin and the recently chopped-down, unique
willow tree next to them (where the previous owner
even created a curved path around it to save it) to
the horrific destruction of numerous trees at the

corner of Kitchener last year and the clear-cut at the
site of a brand-new duplex just between Kitchener
and Winch (where trees have never been replaced in
obvious violation of the city bylaw), not to mention
many individual trees lost all over this area.
It is clear that Burnaby’s trees not only need to
be protected but more trees should be planted all
over our city. In my opinion based on research,
the City of Burnaby not only needs to dramatically
increase fines for illegal and needless tree cutting
but introduce a program, similar to successful green
programs in other countries, that would require
every homeowner to plant a minimum of two trees
of their choice for each residential property using
municipal grants.
As a green leader, Burnaby should lead the way
City Page 7

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City should lead the way
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for other Lower Mainland municipalities.
These tree-planting, municipally funded programs not only create jobs, they
increase the quality of living and property values, as well as improve air quality
– it’s a win-win-win situation. This is the
right time to start, Burnaby – protect and
replant your green heritage for the sake of
future generations!
Al Morev, Burnaby

‘Coalition’ isn’t a bad word
Dear Editor:

The word “coalition” has been brought
into some of the campaign rhetoric as if it
was a bad word. Actually it implies cooperation and compromise.
Mr. Harper’s opening salvo leading into
the 2011 federal election was an attempt
to put the fear of the coalition into the
minds of voters. He forgets that minority
governments such as his own must form
coalitions or at least alliances, if only temporary, in order to continue to govern.
“In a minority situation, governments
must rely on the support of other parties to stay in power” (Wikipedia). If one
of the parties can no longer command a
majority, one of the other parties can be
asked to form a government and, if that
party has the support of a majority, they
can take over from the failed party. The
Governor General in 2008 should have
asked the Liberal/NDP/Bloc “coalition”
to take over because together they had a
majority and had agreed to work together.
Harper preempted the situation and prorogued Parliament.
Canada’s Pearson minority government of the 1960s achieved much through
cooperation and compromise, including

the establishment of medicare and the
Canada Pension Plan. It was also during
the Pearson years that agreement was
reached on the adoption of the new maple
leaf flag.
“Coalition” is not a bad word and in
fact is working quite well at the present
moment in Britain, with a coalition of the
Conservatives led by David Cameron and
the Liberal Democrats led by Nick Clegg.

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System is not working
Dear Editor:

Matthew Claxton asks why he should
bother voting when he lives in a riding
where most of the vote goes to a party he
doesn’t support. It’s a foregone conclusion
that his vote won’t affect the outcome, so
why bother? Fair point, Matthew.
Obviously this is a serious indictment
against our voting system.
People should not be left with the feeling that their votes are pointless. And it’s
not just Mr. Claxton’s situation in Langley
that’s messed up: It happens to a greater
or lesser degree in every riding across the
country. For instance, it’s highly likely that
we will elect an MP in Burnaby-Douglas
with less than 40 per cent of the vote. I
guess the other 60 per cent doesn’t matter.
Really? This is how the system works?
And we think this is good? This is ridiculous.
Our form of government is known as
a “representative” democracy. But our
simplistic and out-of-date voting system
has turned it into a “misrepresentative”
democracy. Apparently our politicians
don’t see the problem, so it’s up to us citizens to speak up. We need a more proportional electoral system. The system we’ve
got is just not good enough.
Iain Macanulty, Burnaby

Racism: An everyday occurrence
earlier in the night.
It wasn’t until one of
the members of the band
came up and stood near me
that she left. I feel strongly
that had I been white like
the clerk, she wouldn’t
have given me a second
look. These are just two
examples of the crap I have
had to put up with all of
my life.
How would you feel if
these things happened to
you every single week of
your life?
Put photos of nonwhites on your front page
and do feature articles
about people of colour in
positive situations. Not just

when they are young students, in sports or music.
People of colour run businesses, have great jobs
and are volunteers in the
community too. We make
as much (or even more per
capita) of a contribution to
society as whites do.
You people are scared,
and you should be. Soon
you won’t be able to treat
people of colour so unfairly
because too many businesses and companies will be
owned by non-whites and
we will turn the tides of
advertising and perception
to a reality-based one. Soon
you’ll be in the minority.
Accept it and treat everyone as equal or don’t both-

er talking about this group
or that one promoting hate,
because you’re also hatepromoters.
And your not-so-subtle
hatred turns peace-loving
people like me, who used
to believe the country I was
born in was a just and fair
place, regardless of one’s
skin colour. Well, thanks
to people like you, I now
know it’s not.
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Editor’s note:
The police incident
occurred adjacent to the
Burnaby NOW office’s
– hence the extensive coverage. If the individuals had
been caucasian, it would have
received the same treatment.

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Briefly introduce yourself:
I’m Ronald Leung, the
Conservative candidate for BurnabyDouglas. I’ve worked in business,
media and government. An SFU
graduate, my wife Candace and I
live in North Burnaby with our two
sons.
What political experience do you
have?
I’ve been active with the

Ken Low,
Liberal Party of Canada

Briefly introduce yourself:
Ken Low is a third generation Canadian and a proud British
Columbian. Ken has worked as the
chief engineer in the City of White
Rock and was a key member of
the 2010 Olympic Transportation
Planning Committee.
Currently, Ken and his wife, are
the owners and operators of the
Shaolin Kung Fu Institute for martial
arts. Ken is a longtime community
leader and volunteered with many
local organizations. For the past 31

Green and NDP candidates,
through their answers to a
questionnaire provided by
reporter Jennifer Moreau.
Election Day polls will
be open from 7 a.m. to 7
p.m. on Monday, May 2.
For more information,
see www.elections.ca.

The Stephen Harper
Conservatives have a strong
record when it comes to
cracking down on crime
and protecting victims. The
out-of-touch NDP’s first
concern is protecting criminals over protecting victims
of crime.

Conservative Party for several years, running in the
last election just two and a
half years ago. Recently, I
worked in Vancouver as an
assistant to several cabinet
ministers.
What issue will you prioritize if elected?
I will prioritize keeping
our streets safe.

Ronald Leung
Conservative

What’s is your party’s track
record on dealing with that issue?
years, Ken has organized
an international martial arts
tournament hosted at BCIT,
which brought people from
around the world to the
City of Burnaby.

If you could be any superhero, which one would you
be?
Superman.

the young people have positive influences in their lives.

What issue will you prioritize if elected?
The issue that is most
important to the electors
What political experience
of Burnaby-Douglas is the
do you have?
economy.
I have been involved
People I meet are conwith the Liberal Party
cerned about the reckless
Ken Low
of Canada for a number
spending on tax breaks for
Liberal
of years and have been
the largest corporations,
involved with the policy
wasteful spending to help
process of the party here in B.C. I
conservative MP’s and cabinet minhave been interested in amateur
isters get elected. Because of the
sports promotion as a way to help
Low Page 10

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My name is Adrianne Merlo; I
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Burnaby-Douglas.

What political experience do you
have?
Absolutely none. But as history
has shown, political experience does
not necessarily guarantee sound
decisions.
You can be “experienced” at
any number of things but it doesn’t
insure efficiency or immunity from
corruption. I am a mother, a teacher
and a concerned citizen. I have been
endorsed by the Green party which
qualifies me to run for office, which
is – at its most ideal – a commitment
to public service.
What issue will you prioritize if
elected?
The most pressing issue is climate
change. If we don’t wake up and

Kennedy Stewart,
New Democratic Party

Briefly introduce yourself:
My name is Kennedy Stewart,
I’m the NDP candidate in BurnabyDouglas. I’m a tenured professor at
SFU in the School of Public Policy,
have a PhD from the London School
of Economics, and am rated one of
Canada’s most popular professors by
Maclean’s Magazine.
I grew up poor in rural Nova
Scotia and moved to Burnaby in
1988, finding work as a printing
press operator and Radio Shack clerk
in Metrotown before undertaking a
masters’ at SFU. I also played in the
award-winning rock band ‘State of
Mind.’ My wife Jeanette Ashe teaches at Douglas College.
What political experience do you
have?
As a policy expert I’ve been called
on to advise local, provincial, national and First Nations governments
including: the British Columbia

cal force in this election that is global
deal with the environmental emer- sharing a mandate with 72 other
gency that is here, nothing else we
countries.
do is going to matter.
We are committed and deterAll of the issues we face will
mined to confront the environmental
have little relevancy if they exist on
crisis that is here.
a planet that can no longer sustain
We are advocating for
life. Alarm bells are ringnew energy conservaing on planet Earth: record
tion, tax incentives for the
droughts, record floods,
renewable energy sector –
melting glaciers, dying
wind, solar, and geothermal
coral reefs, rising sea levels,
– and will not award polluthurricanes increasing in
ers with subsidies. We aim
intensity, rising global emisto phase out the nuclear
sions … the list is seemingly
industry, and in light of
endless.
the radioactive meltdown
Failure to confront the
in Japan, it is crucial that
climate emergency is to
we make this issue a top
abdicate our responsibility
Adrianne Merlo
priority. Countries where
to our children; it is a morGreen Party
Greens have been elected
ally bankrupt proposition.
to government are leading the way
– they are the most progressive and
What’s your party’s track record on
environmentally committed.
dealing with that issue?
We’re the only party that is not
If you could be any superhero,
divorced from reality. In the recent
which one would you be?
debates, from which Elizabeth May
Superheroes don’t interest me.
was barred, there was virtually no
mention of the environment.
Merlo Page 10
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Force, City of Vancouver Electoral
I support reducing small business
Reform Commission, British
taxes but oppose the HST and corColumbia Citizens’ Assembly,
porate tax cuts brought in by the
British Columbia Ministry of
Stephen Harper Conservatives durMunicipal Affairs, Abu Dhabi Urban ing the recession. I know Burnaby
Planning Council, Great
residents agree with these
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Mayor’s Office, City of
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Calgary, and the Vancouver
residents, 94 per cent said
Public Library.
they oppose the HST.
I’ve also worked on a
number of United Nations
What is your party’s track
Projects. As a professor of
record on dealing with that
public policy, I’ve trained
issue?
hundreds of students who
The Harmonized Sales
now work in government,
Kennedy Stewart Tax (HST) combines the
and I publish on a variety of NDP
provincial (PST) and federal
political topics.
(GST) sales taxes. The HST
was initiated by Stephen Harper in
What issue will you prioritize if
December, 2009, when every single
elected?
Conservative and Liberal MP voted
Burnaby is a great place to live;
for the HST in Parliament. They
I want to make it even better. I will
claim “the HST is right” for B.C.
work with all levels of government
Local Conservative and Liberal canand residents to develop our econodidates say they will fight to keep
my in a way that works for everyone
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large deficit, they are very concerned about the future
prospects for their children and grandchildren. Is there
to be the opportunity for future higher education and
meaningful jobs that will provide a useful and fulfilling
life for the next generation?
What is your party’s track record on dealing with that
issue?
The Liberal Party of Canada under the leadership
of prime ministers Jean Chretien and Paul Martin
worked very hard to clean up the fiscal mess left by the
Conservative government in 1993. The $45-billion deficit
was eliminated and in 2005 there was a surplus of $11
billion. Since then the Conservatives have wildly spent
that surplus and created a deficit of almost $60 billion
dollars. The Liberal Party of Canada has a very good
record of deficit reduction and competent handling of
the finances of Canada.

Merlo: Everyday heroes
continued from page 9

They seem rather useless, actually – spinning ridiculous spider webs and leaping around in spandex.
Maybe it’s because I’m female; all I had growing up was
Wonder Woman, and she was hardly inspiring. I prefer
average, everyday heroes. People who pick up litter, care
for the environment, stand up for social justice, adopt
animals from shelters, or sacrifice their own needs for
those of a child … these people are heroes to me.

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Conservatives, we won’t make BCers pay back the $1.6
billion HST transfer if voters reject the HST.
If you could be any superhero, which one would you
be?
I’d be your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman. Peter
Parker comes from humble roots and made his life better
by pursuing higher education. He rents, and loves his
family. Spiderman works to make his community a better place to live and bring justice to the world. Best of all,
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DAY OF MOURNING

Workers remembered
Brent Richter
staff reporter

Workers, labour activists and public officials bowed their heads in silence
around the province Thursday to mark
the annual National Day of Mourning, a
day that honours workers killed, injured
or made ill on the job.
WorkSafe B.C. counts 143 workers who
died in 2010, either from an incident on the
job, complications from a workplace injury
or as a result of a disease likely contracted
on the worksite.
Representatives from the New
Westminster and District Labour Council,
the Canadian Labour Congress, the United
Steelworkers and the Public Compensation
Coalition joined with the City of Burnaby
to mark the occasion at Burnaby city hall
Thursday. Mayor Derek Corrigan made a
proclamation recognizing April 28 as this
year’s Day of Mourning at a council meeting on April 18, as have most councils in
the Lower Mainland.
Carolyn Rice, secretary treasurer of the labour council, said her biggest concern for worker safety right
now is young workers and those who
work in customer service alone at night.
“I’m really concerned for young people
because we have an age-12 child labour
law in British Columbia – the lowest in
the country. The rate of youth injury and
death has spiked up,” she said
Rice said the province is currently looking to change regulations that require
late-night service workers to have at least
on partner on the job if they are working
past 10 p.m., which she said could put the

Larry Wright/burnaby now

Mayoral moment: Mayor Derrick
Corrigan spoke at the Day of Mourning
event.
young people who tend to work in those
jobs at risk.
“I would say that is going to be a very
pressing issue over the next while and we
Workers Page 12

A12 • Saturday, April 30, 2011 • Burnaby NOW

Workers: Unions want more
compensation for injured
WorkSafe BC levied 15 penalties against
Burnaby companies in 2010, according to
will be not just watching but actively
its annual Enforcement Report. The most
pushing the government not to consider
severe penalty imposed on a Burnaby
rolling back that regulation,” she said.
company last year was $49,824.62 against
She said the case of Grant De Patie, the
Canada Scaffold Supply Co. Ltd. after a
young worker who was killed at a Maple
worker suffered serious injuries after fallRidge gas station in 2005 when a customer
ing four metres when a platstruck him with his car while
form on the scaffold he was
attempting a “gas and dash,”
standing on gave way.
highlights the problem.
Al Johnson, WorkSafe B.C.
Rice said the council will
regional director, said while
also be pressing the governthe injury and death rate for
ment to increase the premiworkers is on the decline, it
ums employers pay that go
is still unacceptably high and
into compensation for injured
deaths from occupational disworkers. According to Rice, the
eases continue to rise.
premiums have been slashed
“We have three workers
and the services, compensation
that are killed in this province
and pensions for workers who
every week and when you
have had “life altering injuput it into that perspective,
ries” are completely untenable
that’s unbelievable. We really
to live on.
Carolyn Rice
need to get the general public
“It’s a system that’s no lon- “It’s a system that’s no lonto rally around that,” he said.
ger fair for working people,” ger fair for working people.”
“One fatality is one fatality
she said.
too many as far as we’re conWorkSafe B.C. issued penalties to four
cerned.”
businesses in 2010 for various infractions
To combat this, Johnson said
in New Westminster, including two for
employers, employees and the public
an incident that resulted in the death of a
need to develop a “culture of safety”
worker.
in which safety is ingrained into every
Harsco Canada Ltd. was fined $12,238.65
aspect of work and is given the same
and a numbered company registered in
priority as profit and productivity
Surrey was fined $83,570.62 for a 2006
“Easier said than done,” Johnson noted.
incident in which a worker was killed at a
construction site when a temporary frame– With files from Janaya Fuller-Evans
work for a concrete pour collapsed causing
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continued from page 11

How to make every day a vacation
Burnaby life coach offers
advice in new book
Janaya Fuller-Evans
staff reporter

Gloria Tom Wing Staudt began her personal journey to a permanent vacation as a
sleep-deprived new mother.
Feeling overwhelmed, she went through
a process of surrendering to a higher
power, she says.
“That was the moment I gave up the
need to control and the need to know how
everything would unfold,” Staudt writes
in the first chapter of her book, Live Your
Vacation.
Staudt moved to Burnaby 17 or 18 years
ago with her husband, Richard, when she
was eight months pregnant.
This experience led her to reassess how
she lived and in turn to write a guidebook
for others with clear exercises they can do
to live a more consistently celebratory life,
she says.
The book was inspired by her mother,
Staudt says.
“I thought it would always be great, to
have my mom write a book,” she explains,
adding she wanted to be able to pass her
mother’s wisdom on to her daughter in
book form.
But when Staudt went to see a psychic
medium, she says, she received a message
from her father, who had passed on, telling her to write her mother’s life story.
She considered writing the book with
her mother but didn’t want to put too
much pressure on her, she says.
Instead, she wrote a personal guidebook herself, but with her mother’s wisdom in mind.
The primary message of the book is
simple.
“I am a masterpiece because I am born
that way, and you are, too,” she says.
The book gives concrete instructions
on creating clear vision and commitment
statements, as well as suggestions for
shedding excess baggage.
Part of living your vacation, she says, is
letting go of the little things.

Larry Wright/burnaby now

New future: Gloria Tom Wing Staudt is sharing her vision for living a more celebratory life in a newly released book, Live
Your Vacation. The book is available online through www.liveyourvacation.com.
“You get upset, but it’s how quickly
you get over it that counts.”
While the book can be read from start
to finish, it can also be a go-to guide on a
page-by-page basis, Staudt says.
“I feel you can open the book anywhere,” she says. “There’s a lot packed
into there.”
She received feedback while writing the
book from storyteller and writer Richard
Van Camp – CBC Radio’s writer in residence for North by Northwest – whom she
considers a mentor, she says.

“You need to show more of you in it,”
he told her, so she included more of her
personality and experiences.
Staudt attended Long Island University.
She left Trinidad when she was 22.
Her parents have been very proud of
her accomplishments, as they were not
formally educated themselves, she says.
“They learned on the streets of
Trinidad.”
Staudt has a master’s degree in psychology and a graduate business certificate.
She is the owner of Peak Success Coaching,

and past-president and member of the
Rotary Club of Burnaby – Metrotown.
Staudt has also chaired the Burnaby
Board of Trade Business Excellence
Awards.
Live Your Vacation can be purchased
at www.liveyourvacation.com, amazon.
com, and 32 Books in Edgemont Village in
North Vancouver.
There are extras on the Live Your
Vacation website, as well, to complement
the book.
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Information fair offers resources for caregivers
and six speakers. The
fair is 10 a.m to 2 p.m. at
the Nikkei centre, 6688
Southoaks Cres.

Open house

HERE & NOW

T

Jennifer Moreau

he third annual
Burnaby Family
Caregivers
Information Fair is on
today (Saturday, April 30).
People caring for
elderly loved ones can get
information on resources.
There will be more than
35 service providers there

The Rotary Club of
Burnaby Metrotown is
hosting an open house
on Wednesday, May 4 in
hopes of recruiting new
members.
The service group is
inviting business leaders
and professional to get
involved in efforts to help
their local community.
The event is at the
Holiday Inn Express
Metrotown, from noon to

1:30 p.m. To RSVP, call
604-613-4045.

New principal

Michel Deslauriers is
the new principal at St.
Thomas More Collegiate.
Deslauriers is replacing
Darrell Hall, who is stepping down as principal but
still teaching.
Deslauriers is currently
the assistant principal at
Vancouver College, and
he’s a STM alumnus and
former faculty member.
STM is also hosting a
flapper-themed fundraiser
on Friday, May 6, at the
Italian Cultural Centre in

Vancouver. Tickets are
$100 per person, and proceeds go to the school.
Go to www.stmcdinner
auction.ca to get a ticket.
The Italian Cultural
Centre is at 3075 Slocan St.

Spirit Fish

The Still Moon Arts
Society is presenting a
special festival celebrating
natural waterways.
They’re calling it the
Spirit Fish Project, and
it starts on May 7 with
a “bike pilgrimage.”
Participants can depart
by bike from Renfrew
SkyTrain station at noon

and follow Still Creek
along the Central Valley
Greenway to the space
under the Kensington
overpass.
The main event is the
Spirit Fish Festival from
noon to 4 p.m. between
the Kensington overpass
and the Sperling SkyTrain
station. (Organizers are
holding the event beneath
the underpass to have a
natural covering.)
There will be nature
inspired art installations,
performers, live music, a
tea party, arts and crafts,
origami boats and nature
walks.

“It’s just about really
calling to people’s attention the fact we have these
amazing beautiful green
spaces in the middle of our
very urban environment,”
said Rebecca Coleman.
“It’s kind of like a secret.”
If you want to decorate your bike ahead of
time (adults and children
welcome), the arts society
is hosting workshops on
May 3 to 5, from 3 to 6
p.m. at Slocan Park field
house.
For more information
about the event, go to
www.stillmoon.org.
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A14 • Saturday, April 30, 2011 • Burnaby NOW

Here & Now: Family workshops
offered by Alzheimer Society
continued from page 13

Help for families

The Alzheimer Society
of B.C. is holding two
workshops to help families
who may have to move
loved ones with dementia
into residential care.
“We’ll help family caregivers understand what
to expect in a residential
care facility and learn how

to support a person with
dementia who is living in a
facility,” said the society’s
Dorothy Leclair.
The sessions are May
7 and 14, from 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m., at the North
Fraser Burnaby Alzheimer
Resource Centre, 103-5623
Imperial St.
Entrance is $10 per session or $15 for both.
Space is limited, so

those interested should
pre-register by calling 604298-0780 or email dleclair@
alzheimerbc.org.
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Art show bridges past and present

A new two-person show is opening
at the Burnaby Arts Council’s Deer Lake
Gallery on Saturday.
Bridging the Past, featuring the work
of Meghan Carich and Jing Jia, runs until
May 22 at the gallery at 6584 Deer Lake
Ave.
The show includes masks by Carich, a
self-taught artist who uses mask-making
as a form of healing.
She took up art after her husband
became disabled when her youngest was
six months old.
“Being a mother and a caregiver to her
husband restricted her life to a point that
Meghan felt controlled by her circumstances,” said a gallery press release.

For Jia, art has been a way to keep the
links between her past and her present. Jia
was born in Beijing and brought up in a
mixed cultural background, Manchurian
and Han. Moving to Canada gave her the
opportunity to experience a third culture.
“Her art reveals her life experience of
living in multiple cultures and trying to
keep the links of her past in the present,”
the release explains.
Jia’s art is a representation of architecture from the late 19th century in Beijing.
An opening reception for Bridging the
Past is set for today (Saturday, April 30)
from 2 to 4 p.m. All are welcome.
For more, call 604-298-7322 or see
www.burnabyartscouncil.org.

– children will all sing the same piece
of music. In Burnaby, 200 students
from Maywood Community School,
Nelson Elementary School, Second
Street Community School, Burnaby
South Secondary and Burnaby
North Secondary will all turn up at
Metropolis to take part at various locations around the mall.
“We are very excited to participate
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Metropolis marks Music Monday
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children’s voices raised in song – especially when 750,000 of them are singing at once across the country.
Burnaby students will once again
be taking part in the nationwide celebration of Music Monday on May 2.
Metropolis at Metrotown will be a
hub of local activity as students turn
out to perform the song Tomorrow Is
Coming, at exactly 10 a.m.
At the same time across the country
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one. … It’s going to be a lot of fun for
the students, parents and the community. We encourage everyone to be
part of this wonderful event.”
Music Monday was launched
in Canada in 2005 by the Coalition
for Music Education and has since
inspired similar initiatives in the U.S.,
Australia, Great Britain and Hungary.
Last year, Canada had more than
750,000 participants.
For more about Music Monday,
see http://musicmakesus.ca/music
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names as Jaydee Bixby, Alita
Dupray, Paul Hyde, Bruce

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A Burnaby performer
will be front and centre
when the Shooting Stars
Foundation presents its Soul
Shake fundraiser on May 7.
Cecile Larochelle is in
the lineup for the Motownthemed
performance,
which takes to the stage at
the Red Robinson Theatre
at Coquitlam’s Boulevard
Casino.
Larochelle, who has just
returned to the area after
a 12-year absence, recently
opened Larochelle Vocal
Studios in Vancouver. She
has appeared on TV and
stage as both an actor and
singer, and she has worked
with such artists as Jon Bon
Jovi, John Denver, Sheena
Easton and Long John
Baldry – as well as penning and producing numerous albums, including her
own gospel and children’s
albums.
For the Soul Shake event,
more than 25 Canadian
vocalists, backed by a 12piece band, will bring their

Fun on stage: Phoebe Hayashi, Joe Tucker and Erin Weber are members of the

Burnaby Mountain Secondary School improv team, which just captured second
place in the Canadian Improv Games.

Mountain captures
silver at improv games
The improv team from Burnaby
Mountain Secondary landed second place
in the Canadian Improv Games. The local
team entered the finals in fifth place but
finished in second.
“We were the only team west of
Kingston, so it was really amazing,” said
team member Jaylen Gadhia in an email

to the NOW. “We also have a big secondplace trophy.”
The Canadian Improv Games is the
largest theatre festival in Canada, with
high school teams from across the country
competing for top honours.
For more information, go to improv.ca.
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MOTHER’S DAY

Moms are tops
as role models
Pop stars and
public ﬁgures
scarcely get
a mention
from six of 10
Canadian girls

A

new survey
has found that
mothers are the
top female role models
in the lives of six in 10
Canadian girls.
Furthermore, most
of these young people,
aged 10 to 17, were
unlikely to identify other
types of women they
hoped to emulate be
they pop stars or others, suggesting that
the weight on a mom’s
shoulders is that of her
daughter’s entire world.
“It’s useful reinforcement for women to know
they have this kind of
power and inﬂuence,”
said Shari Graydon, a Canadian media watchdog.
“I suspect most mothers
— who in their day to
day parenting are throwing up their hands at the
kind of inﬂuence the media has — probably don’t
appreciate how much
their daughters look up
to them.”
The phone survey was
conducted by StrategyOne on behalf of Dove,
and gathered opinions
from 1,200 girls in six
countries.
After mothers, the
most-cited role model
by the Canadian contingent was “my friend,”
at 13 per cent, followed
closely by “my sister,” at
12 per cent. Seven per
cent named someone else
within their extended family as a female role model,
with four per cent identifying their grandmother.

A spokeswoman for
Dove said the rate at
which public ﬁgures were
cited by Canadian girls
was negligible.
“It may simply be that
these girls are smart
enough not to say, ‘I
want to be the next Britney Spears,’” suggested
Graydon. “But the global
concern is that strong
female role models
— whether athletes, musicians, business leaders
or politicians — still have,
regrettably, much lower
proﬁles than their male
counterparts.”
To illustrate, Graydon
pointed to an older study
in which young boys
had no trouble rattling
off role models of every
stripe, but girls of the
same age had to be
pressed.
Nadine Silverthorne
has a young daughter, and was heartened
although surprised by the
new survey ﬁndings.
“I did wonder if the
girls were saying that just
to be polite,” said Silverthorne. “But obviously
a mother’s inﬂuence is
huge.”

Silverthorne, editor of
SweetMama at Sweetspot.ca, suggested that
youth are unconsciously
shaped by celebrities, but
consciously guided by
their mothers.
In fact, a previous
survey found moms were
three times more inﬂuential than media in terms
of shaping the way girls
feel about themselves
and about what it means
to be beautiful.
“I think we all need to
do a better job of being
role models,” Silverthorne said. “What this
study made me think
is, ‘Wow, I’m having a
huge impact on who my
daughter will eventually
be, and I need to be really careful of that.’”
The ﬁndings showed
that musicians and actresses carry signiﬁcantly
more inﬂuence with girls
in other countries. But
mothers were still universally named as the top female role model: 54 per
cent worldwide versus 59
per cent in Canada.
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Tragically Hip set to
play Deer Lake Park

One of Canada’s best known bands will
be playing in Burnaby this summer.
The Tragically Hip, best known for their
hit New Orleans is Sinking, will be headlining at Deer Lake Park on Friday, July 15.
The opening act is Hey Rosetta!, with the
show set to start at 7:30 p.m.
The Kingston rock band has been producing music for more than two decades,

with lead singer Gord Downie one of the
most recognizable Canadian rock icons.
Various presales on www.ticketmaster.
ca began on April 27, with general admission sales open to the public as of yesterday (Friday).
General admission tickets are $76.15
(after service charges).
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Frank Sinatra tribute onstage
Treat mom to an evening out with Ol’
Blue Eyes himself.
Burnaby’s own Sinatra tribute artist,
Rick Valiant, is offering up a Mother’s Day
performance at the Inlet Theatre in Port
Moody.
Valiant is set to appear on stage at 8
p.m., backed by the Blue Morris nine-piece
swing band.

Robert J. Miller will also appear with
his tribute to Buddy Holly.
Inlet Theatre is at 100 Inlet Dr. in Port
Moody. Tickets are available by calling
604-931-2008.
For more about Valiant – including videos of him in performance – check out his
website at www.rickvaliant.com.
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Retirement Housing with a
Difference in Central Burnaby –
We Need Your Help!
The Gizeh Shriners of British Columbia & Yukon have been part of the
Burnaby landscape for many years. From the Shrine Centre’s location at
the corner of Wayburne Drive and Canada Way, the Shriners have been a
strong force in the community for over four decades.

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Destinations: Dianne Ritchie and Richard Chatterton are running a new venture

They say every successful business begins with a
good idea, and local entrepreneurs Dianne Ritchie
and Richard Chatterton
may very well have one.
Given that quite a few
people enjoy both good
quality beer and fun day
trips, the couple decided
to put the two together
for a new venture they
call Beer Tourist, with the
idea of transporting busloads of beer aficionados to
various craft breweries and
brew pubs in the region, a
bit like the many guided
wine tours on offer in the
Okanagan – only with a
barley twist.
“With the changes with
liquor laws in B.C., I think
the idea we are on to with
beer tourism is: Let us
drive for you,” Chatterton
told the Burnaby NOW
during a winter excursion
to the Howe Sound Inn
and Brewing Company in
Squamish.
When it comes to craft
beers, those who like it
tend to like it a lot but, due
to the provincial restrictions regarding liquor distribution, many of the more
innovative
microbrews
aren’t widely available
at government or private

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liquor stores. Their solution was to fill a bus with
likeminded suds enthusiasts and hit the road in
search of unique brews.
“We decided we would
like to go to a lot of places
that offer a wide selection
of interesting beers but also
that we’d like to have a lot
of pals along with us,” said
Chatterton.
“It is also a way to
expand the social circle, to
meet friends of friends,”
added Ritchie.
Several dozen people
– some already friends,
others only so by the end
of the day – piled into a
rented schoolbus for Beer
Tourist’s
Northbound
to the Sound voyage up
Highway 99, its second
official excursion after its
debut tour of microbreweries in the Bellingham area.
The destination, the
Howe Sound Inn and
Brewing Company, could

become a popular one
for upcoming tours due
to its proximity and also
for its variety of one-of-akind beers. The family-run
brewery, whose Garibaldi
Honey Pale Ale was a gold
medallist at the 2007 North
American Beer Awards
and whose Bailout Bitter
came in second last year, is
already known for trying
out new things.
Located in a picturesque
wooden frame building
in downtown Squamish,
Howe Sound Brewery
offers over a dozen varieties of craft beers made with
locally grown ingredients,
as well as seasonal offerings such as their current
Pumpkineater Ale.
While they distributes
their hefty resealable bottles
to more than 350 locations
across Western Canada
and the U.S. (in Burnaby,
they can be found at B.C.

The Shriners are giving serious consideration as to how they can put their
prime property to its best use in order to continue serving the community.
One possibility is a new Shrine Centre along with the inclusion of a seniors
housing complex.
Please help us to explore these and other opportunities by coming to one
of three public meetings. Find out:
• What’s new in seniors housing;
• What’s happening around the Lower Mainland;
• How our aging society might affect seniors’ housing in the future.
We want to know what YOU think!
May 4, 2011: 2:00 PM OR 6:00 PM (Content the same at both meetings)
Shrine Centre, 3550 Wayburne Drive, Burnaby
May 6, 2011: 10:00 AM
Bonsor Recreation Complex, 6550 Bonsor, Burnaby
Refreshments will be served.
To make sure we have enough refreshments please let us know you are
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Mastering the science of building
The British Columbia Institute of
Technology is introducing two master’s
degree programs in building science next
September.
BCIT has been developing a master of
engineering and a master of applied science
in building science program over the past
four years, according to a press release from
the school.
The programs will be available through
the Building Science Centre of Excellence
at the BCIT school of construction and the
environment.
These are the first master’s programs
in building science in Western Canada,
according to the press release.
“BCIT is an active participant in applied
research, and these master’s programs
will enable BCIT and the Building Science
Centre of Excellence to further contribute to the prosperity of British Columbia,”
said Don Wright, president of BCIT, in
the release. “This achievement is the result
of the leadership and direction of Wayne
Hand and Fitsum Tariku of the BCIT school

of construction and the environment, as
well as the efforts of many faculty, staff, and
students.”
The supply of experienced professionals is falling short of growing demand as
employers pursue new opportunities, the
release stated, adding that building technology is rapidly evolving to respond to
economic growth and social and environmental concerns.
The programs are based on providing
integrated science-based knowledge. The
curriculum focuses on responding to future
trends with practical applications.
The master of engineering program is a
one-year, full-time program, and the master
of applied science is a two-year, full-time
program. The master of applied science
includes a more in-depth research project
than the master of engineering.
Both programs can also be taken on a
part-time basis. The first class is expected to
graduate in June 2012.
For more information, go to: commons.
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Liquor Stores and the Admiral Boutique
Hotel on Hastings Street), some of their
unpasteurized creations are only available
in-house, such as the dangerously strong
Wooly Bugger barley wine (which goes
down much easier than anything with a 15
per cent alcohol content has any right to).
The two Brentwood Mall area residents
say they are currently looking at trying
out several new destinations for upcoming tours. “There are breweries on Bowen
Island and Salt Spring we would like to go

check out, and we’re also thinking about
maybe trying something to Vancouver
Island,” said Chatterton. “Victoria has a
great beer culture, and it actually seems
much more established that what we have
here. Although we’ve had brewpubs in
Vancouver for quite some time, that sense
of beer craftsmanship is really only just
starting to arrive.”
For more information, check out
www.beertourist.ca or look them up on
Facebook.
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Spring brings perfect
chance to deal with
disorder.
It’s not about conceding
defeat, but rather
acknowledging that the job
needs to get done.
Those are the sentiments
from the heads of two home
organizing companies in
light of the spring-cleaning
season.
For Debby Lea of Streamlined
Solutions, the process begins
with just that — a starting
point.

“Unfortunately, most of us
cannot just assign [spring
cleaning] to our team of
experts, or take two weeks
off to get after this enormous
job,” she said. “So how
does one deal with it? Like
all organizing challenges,
the answer is: one task at
a time. Change the idea of
once-a-year spring cleaning
into a rotating schedule that
keeps things under control
permanently.”
Colette Amaral of Beyond
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need to pick specific areas of
the home to get started on,

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before chipping away at the
problem incrementally.
The main points of concern
among her clients tend to be
playrooms, kitchens, laundry
rooms, home offices and
closets.
“We start with the thing
that’s bothering them the
most — it could be the
children’s playroom or it
could be the closet space,”
Amaral said. “A good rule
of thumb for closet space is
one thing in, one thing out.
Another useful tip is to purge
at the end of every season
— if something is damaged
or you’re not going to wear it
again, then get rid of it.”
Amaral also suggests “colour
blocking” a closet, a system
of organizing garments by
placing clothes of the same
colour all together within a
given closet space.
“It helps when you are
shopping — you think about
your closet and you can
visualize what colours are in
there and how many pieces of
clothing are in there based on
that visualization,” she said.
Other areas of clutter
concern can arise when

dealing with family heirlooms
or items passed on from a
recently deceased relative. In
that context, Amaral suggests
one of two approaches.
“Sometimes people aren’t
ready to let go of things,
so you have to get them to
think about why they are
holding on to it. It requires a
bit of negotiating and a bit of
creativity,” she said. “But I do
encourage [aging parents], if
they’re not using something
and they’re saving it
because they think their kids
might want it, to have that
conversation and tell their
children ‘I won’t be crushed
or I won’t be offended if this
isn’t something that you don’t
want.’”
Lea maintains that seeing
one aspect of spring cleaning
come to fruition usually leads
to a trickle-down effect that
motivates a person to keep
going.
“Progress may seem slow
at first, but remember, it is
gradually getting done. For
more info on either of these
local businesses, see www.
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DIY is fine, just don’t
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John and Jane Do-It-Yourselfer
have easy access to homeimprovement supplies and tools
at the local home centre. They
may also be inspired by any of
the myriad shows on television
instructing individuals to give
renovations a try. However,
many homeowners are not
schooled in proper safety
procedures or do not know how
to use tools correctly. This is a
recipe for injury.
Common injuries include:
* falls from ladders or
scaffolding;
* hand and finger injuries —
including amputation — from
power saws and grinders/
sanders;
* nail gun injuries; and
* eye injuries and breathing
difficulties.
Homeowners should consider
the risks of improvements
before beginning. They should
also take precautions to do

improvements in the safest
manner possible.
* Always read the
manufacturer’s safety
information and usage
guidelines for any tools before
they are put to use.
* Turn off electrical current
to rooms and outlets prior to
doing any electrical repairs.
* Wear proper safety
equipment, including goggles,
dust masks or respirators,
boots and gloves.
* Store chemicals in a locked
cabinet or on a high shelf out
of reach of children and pets.
* Be cautious of power cords.
Always unplug tools and turn
off the switches when the item
is not in use.
* Do not climb past the top
rung of ladders. Do not use
furniture or stacked items as
a ladder.
* Jobs such as electrical work,
roof work, gas projects or
major plumbing issues are
better left to a contractor.
– WMS

Get a job first, then we’ll TALK
Securing a mortgage is
more complex if you’re
self-employed

Rob Regan-Pollock, senior
consultant at Invis mortgage
brokerage in Vancouver. “If
the last two years of earnings
are sufficient to qualify for the
Securing a great mortgage
mortgage that they’re looking
deal can take a bit of work
to take out, then they are a
and planning, but if you are a
regular-income-qualified
salaried employee then
file and can put as
you will be taking
a well-trodden
“Consistency little as five per
cent down.”
path. Experts
in income is
and friends and
Insurers such
your best bet
family alike will
as the Canada
all be there to
(in order to secure Mortgage
offer advice and
and Housing
a mortgage).” Corp. (CMHC)
tell you about
their experiences.
will allow selfemployed
individuals
However, if you are
to
increase
the
income
on
self-employed, the process can
their notice of assessment by
be more complex.
15 per cent for the purposes of
The most straightforward way
mortgage qualification. This is
to qualify for a mortgage as
a generally accepted increase
a self-employed individual
to compensate for non-cash
is for the lender to look at
items such as business use of
the income on your Canada
the home.
Revenue Agency notice of
Their website gives a full
assessment for the past two
rundown of the requirements
years and see if you qualify for
for self-employed borrowers
a loan in much the same way
(cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/
as an employee would.
hoficlincl/moloin/hopr/upload/
CMHC-Self-Employed.pdf).
“The first thing I make sure
“Consistency in income is
is that the tax filings and
your best bet (in order to
financial statements are in
secure a mortgage),” says
order so we can see the track
Carol Bezaire, vice-president,
record of their earnings,” says

tax and estate planning, at
Mackenzie Financial. “If you
are thinking about going for a
mortgage, make sure that over
the last two or three years you
are consistent in how much
income you are bringing in.”
In order to determine your
income, CMHC will average
your income from the past two
years, but if your income has
been rising each year for the
past four years or more, they
will use the most recent year
for their calculations.
However, in order to take
advantage of certain tax
strategies, many self-employed
individuals may keep money
in their business rather than
generating income. If you are
unable to qualify based on
your verifiable income you can
still obtain insured mortgage
financing, but CMHC will
charge you a higher premium.
Since April of this year, CMHC
only permits you to state your
own income if you have been
in business for less than three
years.
Ranjit Dhaliwal, a mortgage
broker with Mortgage
Intelligence in Brampton,
encourages clients to register
their business, as the licence

or article of incorporation
can show if they have been in
operation for less than three
years.
Dhaliwal says to get the best
rates when stating your own
income, many lenders will
be looking for mortgage loan
insurance unless you can put
down a deposit of more than
35 per cent.
The insurers also recommend
that lenders demand higher
minimum credit scores from
borrowers stating their own
incomes.
The early years of selfemployment can be a time
of financial uncertainty while
you establish your business
and build up a reputation with
customers.
Financial advisers say look
before you leap into anymore
debt at this time.
“Once you’ve checked your
finances and you’ve looked
at your credit score and
everything else, it may not be
the time to buy,” says Bezaire.
“Maybe it’s the time to rent for
a little bit, until you get firmer
ground under your feet.”.
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ost people know
that diabetes is a
chronic disease
caused by high blood
sugar and that it can be
controlled, though not
cured, by insulin. Fewer
people know that diabetes
can cause kidney damage, nerve damage, blurry

glycogen. Your body then
stores this glycogen in your
body as fuel instead of
storing sugar, thus lowering your blood sugar level.
Moreover, when you are
engaged in the actual act
of lifting weights, you are
using the glucose stored
in your muscles as fuel
to complete your exercises, resulting in a further
decrease in your blood
sugar level. Essentially, you
empty the sugar from your
muscles by exercising them.
Next is “intense”
exercise. A study done
at Yale, and published in

vision, blindness, and heart
and circulation difficulties.
And, even fewer know that
in many cases, Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or
controlled without medication, by a commitment to
exercise and healthy living
habits.
There are different
types of exercise that help
prevent the onset of diabetes, and they work in a
variety of ways. To begin,
there is strength training.
Strong muscles help fight
diabetes, because they use
the insulin in your body to
change excess glucose into

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the Journal of Applied
Physiology in January 2006,
showed how exercising
intensely does far more in
preventing diabetes than
working out at a more leisurely or moderate pace.
But don’t let this information scare you. Jumping
into strength training or an
intense exercise program
might sound intimidating,
especially if you aren’t used
to living an active lifestyle.
The good news is, they
aren’t the only ways to help
prevent the onset of diabetes. Cardiovascular exercise, such as jogging, swim-

ming or using an exercise
bike, increases your blood
flow, therefore burning the
extra glucose your body
doesn’t need.
And, a combination
of strength training and
cardiovascular exercise
will help keep your weight
down, further lowering
the risk of getting Type 2
diabetes.
Still intimidated? There’s
more good news. A study
published in the British
Medical Journal showed that
simply walking, running
or jogging 10,000 steps per
day improves your insulin

sensitivity, which in turn
reduces your risk of developing diabetes.
So what does this all
mean for you? It means
that no matter where you
are on the activity scale,
or how comfortable you
feel with exercise, there are
steps you can take to prevent the onset of diabetes.
Even better: there’s always
room to grow, and new
goals to strive for.
Shaun Karp is a certified
personal trainer. For further
information call 604-420-7800
or go to www.karpfitness.
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Burnaby Writers’ Circle,
monthly writing group
meetings, 1:30 to 3 p.m. in
the program room at the
Confederation Centre, 4548
Albert St. Info: Ron Wells
604-945-5024.
Sing-along at Bonsor
Community Centre, 1 to 3
p.m. Come and enjoy an
afternoon with others who

St. Special guest auctioneer
is former premier Bill Vander
Zalm. Tickets are $100, doors
open at 6 p.m. All proceeds
to new athletic and community centre at St. Thomas More.
Info: www.stmcdinner
auction.ca.

SATURDAY, MAY 7
Scandinavian Centre Plant
Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 6540
Thomas St. Hundreds of
donated perennials, annuals, herbs, fruits, shrubs,
Mother’s Day flowers,
greeting cards and more at
fabulous prices. Concession
refreshments also available.
Info: 604-294-2777 or cthau
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Burnaby Lake BioBlitz, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Come out to
Burnaby Lake and help scientists and naturalists as they
count all the species of plant,
animals and fungi that they
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Oscar-winning actor Jeff
Bridges has played a lot
of memorable characters
over the past 50 years, but
the two roles many people
will always remember him
best for are either a hacker
or a slacker in, respectively, the cult favourite films
Tron and The Big Leboswki.
Gloo Studios, a small
Burnaby production house
that specializes in original
comedy shorts and visual effects for the popular
website Collegehumor.
com, has stuck the two
films together for The Tron
Lebowski – combining the
1982 sci-fi classic about
a computer programmer
(Kevin Flynn) sucked into
a video game with the
Coen brothers’ 1998 noir
comedy about a pot-smoking, White Russian-slurping bowling enthusiast
(Jeff ‘The Dude’ Lebowski)
seeking restitution for his
ruined rug.
The short went viral
after being posted recently, earning nearly 32,000
“likes” after being viewed
nearly one million times in
its first week.
“They’ve recreated a
bunch of scenes from The
Big Lebowski, and our job
was to put it all in the
Tron universe,” said Gloo
president Paul Lowey. “If
you’ve seen the movie,
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everybody is wondering
‘who’s Flynn,’ so there’s
actually a lot of similarities to begin with and, of
course, Jeff Bridges being
the character in both. So
you’ll have Flynn basically
playing the Dude.”
The Tron Lebowski is
only the latest of several
shorts Gloo Studios have
created for CollegeHumor,
an American site featuring
daily new comedy videos
that is currently the tenth
most popular channel on
YouTube.
Other recent commissioned projects include Die
Hardly Working, a spoof of
action movie clichés performed by office workers,
and the now-famous Pixar

Intro Parody, which won a
2010 Webby Award for best
animation and even kudos
from Pixar Animation
Studios’ owners, the notoriously litigious Walt
Disney Company, after
poking fun at Luxor Jr.,
their hopping desk lamp
character seen at the start
of all Pixar films.
Lowey said he hopes
Disney’s lawyers will
also have a similar sense
of humour regarding The
Tron Lebowski.
“You know, it’s one
of those things we didn’t
think about until after we’d
finished it,” he said with a
laugh. “Uh-oh, here we are
again parodying Disney,
pushing a company that is
known for taking its copyrighted material quite seriously.”
While Disney may take
issue with some of the
irreverent material, it is
unlikely they’ll have any
problems with the visual effects, which are on a
par with those of the 2010

big budget sequel, Tron:
Legacy, also coincidentally
filmed at a Burnaby film
studio.
“I look at in regards to
what they had to do a year
a go with the real Tron:
Legacy film, and I’m looking at what our team of
four guys have done in one
month to pull this off, and
I’m thinking we could’ve
handled the Disney Tron a
heck of a lot quicker than
the actual guys did,” said
Lowey proudly.
He added that Gloo
VFX crew Mike Ritchie,
Paul
DeSilva,
Casey
Vigushin
and
Jonny
“Awesome” Ostrem had
to abide with an aroundthe-clock work schedule to
create the futuristic atmosphere – glowing gladiators, deadly flying discs,
lavish light cycles and all
– after receiving raw footage of actors that was shot
in New York using a green
screen.
“If we could’ve done
it like the original, it

Larry Wright/burnaby now

Making fun: Gloo studio crew members (clockwise from bottom left) Jonny Ostrem,
Paul De Silva, Mike Ritchie and Casey Vigushin have created a comedy short
combining the cult classics Tron and The Big Lebowski for CollegeHumor.com.
would’ve been a heck of a
lot easier, but the new one,
of course, is so much more
technologically advanced.
There are a couple of

throwbacks to the original
as well, there’s a bit of a
meld between the old and
new.”
Lowey added that

behind-the-scenes footage
showing how the digital
effects were created is also
available on www.gloo
studios.com.

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New Hyundai Elantra is top-notch

David Chao and Bob McHugh

NOW contributors

Everything is better on the all-new
Hyundai Elantra – it’s easier on fuel, has
more interior room, boasts improved
safety features and shows off sharp new
styling. Buoyed by phenomenal sales
growth and hugely successful models like
Sonata and Santa Fe, high-flying Hyundai
has boldly predicted and is revving up
production to make the new Elantra the
number 1 selling compact car in Canada.
Compact car sales account for about
half of all car sales in Canada. Currently
the established leader in this segment is
the Honda Civic, and it’s followed by the
Mazda3.
Other new arrivals in the segment
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a completely new Ford Focus on the way.
A redesigned Civic is also due out later
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In addition to giving it more interior
room than the out-going Elantra, Hyundai
has also upgraded trim quality and made
new premium features available. Pushbutton start, an in-dash touch-screen navigation system plus rear-view camera, a
Bluetooth hands-free phone system, iPod

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heated rear seats are all standard trim or
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Better fuel economy is courtesy of a
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the new Elantra to claim a combined fuel
economy rating of just 5.9 L/100 km.
The Nu engine is smaller in size, weighs
34 kilograms less (a 30 per cent weight
savings) than the 2.0-litre Beta engine from
the previous generation Elantra. It’s an allaluminum design with dual continuously
variable valve timing, and it also has a
variable induction system. It also features
a maintenance-free timing chain system,
instead of a belt.
One thing that hasn’t changed is the
Elantra’s base price ($15,849), but considering all the upgrades the new car is
undoubtedly better value. The base L trim
comes with the same powertrain and safety equipment as a top-line version. It’s also
reasonably well equipped inside and even
includes stuff like a tilt steering wheel,
split fold-down rear seatback, a height
adjustable driver’s seat cushion, power
windows and a trip computer.
Those heated rear seats come standard
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New contender: The 2011 Elantra is making a good impression, with stylish looks,
good performance and an affordable price tag.

trim level. This is also required if you
also want to have popular options like air
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steering wheel.
Our test GLS with an automatic was
priced at $20,999 and came with some nice

Hyundai: New 2011 Elantra is a giant leap forward on all fronts
continued from page 35

really sets this Elantra apart
from its pleasant but mundane predecessor. The new
Elantra really is a delightful work of auto art with
all sorts of interesting lines
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Its aerodynamic shape
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A little longer (by 25
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vehicles in cabin volume,
and the trunk size (420
litres) is also near the top of
its class.
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Learning what sport is all about
Putting game first
is behind Jr. B
team initiative
Tom Berridge
sports editor

A
made-in-Burnaby
rooting section could show
up at your next minor
lacrosse game.
For the past few weeks,
the players, support staff
and coach of the junior
B Burnaby Lakers lacrosse
team have been dropping in and making a lot
of noise at selected youth
home games.
Armed with a multiheaded air horn and a
pride in the Burnaby
green, the junior B Lakers
blast off encouragement to
the home team in a collective show of support and
community.
“It’s huge for the guys.
It makes us a solid team
and it inspires others,” said
Burnaby Jr. B head coach
Kerry Neratini. “I want to
instill in these guys that
they are role models. The
(new wood) floor is a huge
sense of pride for the association. It means a lot to
me and it means a lot to
them to do these things.”
At each game, the
Burnaby juniors applaud
the good play, and at the
end of the match, name
a player who has worked
hard to receive an autographed game ball in the
dressing room afterwards.
The player is also invited to join them at one of
their 8 p.m. Saturday home
games.
“I had a lot of fun,”
said 10-year-old Jayson

met by team leader James
Irwin and introduced to all
the players.
Later, he took the
warmup on the new wood
floor at the Bill Copeland
Sports Centre, and acted
as the team’s assistant
coach on the bench.
Jayson told them to
go out and have fun, and
even gave pointers on the
bench, which drew smiles
and high-fives from the
junior B players.
“At the end of the game,
(Irwin) said, ‘Hey boys,
Jayson is leaving,’ and
they all came and crowded
around me. The next day
at school in my journal,
my teacher said we could
write about anything we
wanted – it was so long.”
At first, the idea of
grown young men going
out and watching little guys
play seemed odd, said 20year-old Burnaby forward
Brandon MacNeil.
“I was surprised. But

I think it’s a great idea.
It builds community and
more so, it helps build the
game,” MacNeil said. “A
couple of parents came
up to us and said it was
nice we came out and blew
the horn and supported
the kids. People are taking notice, so that is nice.
Hopefully it will continue.”
And if the commitment
of the Burnaby juniors is
any indication, it will.
Irwin, Robert Gilliam
and assistant captain
Curtis Koznecov are part
of a core group, along with
coach Neratini, that have
wholeheartedly endorsed
the positive initiative.
Two seasons ago,
Neratini, then an assistant
coach with the Jr. B boys,
got the team out to a couple of minor games to help
boost attendance at their
own home matches.
This year, the brainstorming expanded on
the concept of what might
make this season even better.
With the changing
demographics in the city
and player numbers on
the decline, keeping up the
great tradition of junior
lacrosse in Burnaby was a
concern.
The boys decided
to make it a team thing,
hatching the idea of selecting a player of the game
and afterwards inviting
the youngster to become a
part in their game.
“It’s fun. At first we
thought there wouldn’t be
anything in it for us,” said
Irwin. “We went to the
dressing room and signed
a game ball, and had (the
player) come onto the floor
with us. He was ecstatic. I
remember the look on his
face when we gave him
the ball. He appreciated it
as much as we did.”
In fact that was all
Jayson was talking about,
said Neratini.
“When he left, he was
smiling from ear to ear,
and he felt eight feet high.
The parents were very
thankful.”
“It was so amazing for
him. He wants to get it
again,” said Jayson’s father
Brian. “I thought it was
great.”
And that was the unexpected benefit, said goalie
Robert Gilliam.
“Honestly,
lacrosse
isn’t about being No. 1.
It’s about being with your
teammates and having
Junior B Page 39

Junior
Lakers
start
season
Sunday
Tom Berridge
sports editor

The Burnaby Lakers
will be a one-sided team
up front for the first few
weeks of the B.C. Junior
Lacrosse League.
With five lefthanders
out of town or away at
school, the junior A Lakers
offence will be right-side
heavy until players filter
back into the lineup well
into the month of May.
“We look pretty good,
but we’re short right now.
But I think we’ll be pretty good. We have a good
defence, it’s solid,” said
Burnaby governor and
general manager Richard
Appels.
The junior Lakers will
be anchored by Patrick
Baliss and Jeremy Funk,
who was picked up from
the Langley Thunder for
future considerations earlier this year.
Also expected to make
an impact is Simon Fraser
University
sophomore
attack Colton Dow, who
was part of Burnaby’s
blockbuster trade with
Coquitlam at the trade
deadline last season.
Dow is currently second
in overall Division I Pacific
Northwest conference field
lacrosse scoring with 48
goals and 82 points. He is
also second in the conference, averaging 5.47 points
per game.
Senior lefthander Jaxson
Lee should be the leader of
the junior Lakers offence,
while Ryan Spelling will
captain the team’s back
line.
Both will bring a hardworking attitude to the
dressing room and a passion for the tradition of
past Laker glory.
“The tradition of the
past, the kids are aware of
that and they want to make
Burnaby proud,” said
incoming head coach John
Wilson, a former senior A
Laker. “We haven’t had a
chance to work on offence
with an overabundance of
Lakers Page 40

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FIELD LACROSSE

Clan freshman rewrites the record book
The Burnaby senior Laker forward also tallied 14 points, including 10 goals, in the Clan club’s earlier 24-8 win over the University
of Washington.
Dow, a junior chipped in
with a double-digit contribution,
including four goals. Senior Chris
Tessarolo of New Westminster
also scored four times in a seasonhigh five-point outing for the No.
21-ranked Clan.
The consecutive wins bumped
SFU up to 19th from No. 21 in the
latest PNCLL poll.
The victory over Montana also
improved the Clan’s record to 30 in divisional play, and a top
seeding heading into conference
playoffs.
The Clan host Portland State
University in a conference quarterfinal matchup at Mercer Stadium
today (Saturday). Face off is at 1

Tom Berridge

sports editor

Simon Fraser University overcame a halftime deficit with a huge
turnaround to knock off Montana
26-9 in Pacific Northwest conference field lacrosse on Wednesday.
The Clan trio of freshman
Calvin Craig, Burnaby junior A
player Colton Dow and Cory
Koesdibyo combined for a whopping 35 points, including 20 goals
between them to overturn a 7-5
Montana lead after two quarters
of play at Burnaby Lake Sports
Complex-West.
Craig tallied 10 goals and
added nine assists, shattering his
own single-game team record of
15, set earlier in the season against
Idaho.
Craig’s nine helpers is also a
new program record.

p.m.

New scoring record

Burnaby Laker forward Trevor
Moore set a new school single-season goal record in Robert Morris
University’s 16-15 win over Bryant
University in NCAA Division I
field lacrosse April 23.
Moore edged past classmate
and New Westminste Salmonbellie
Corbyn Tao with his first of three
goals in the opening quarter of the
match.
The RMU senior, the current
goals-per-game leader in the
nation, now has 44 goals this season.
The hat trick also moved Moore
into first place in program history
with 20 career three-goal games.
His 54 points also elevated Moore
to third all-time in single season
school history.

Moore also extended his
consecutive points streak to 43
games.
Sophomore attack Tyler Digby
finished the game with two goals
and an assist, garnering his second consecutive multi-point game
and second straight three-point
contribution.
With the win, Robert Morris
clinched a spot in the Northeast
conference tournament.

Top seed felled

Top-ranked Limestone College
fell from the ranks of the undefeated, losing 12-8 to No. 4-ranked
Mercyhurst in a NCAA Div. II
field lacrosse game on April 23.
Burnaby junior Laker rightie
Jackson Decker scored two goals,
while Riley Loewen of Burnaby
chipped in with a single counter
for Limestone.

SBMC wins
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The South Burnaby
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South Burnaby won the
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Junior B: It’s a win-win idea, players say
continued from page 37

fun,” said Gilliam. “(Jayson) was so happy. …
He’s still ecstatic, he wants to come out all the
time. We’re trying to grow a community of
lacrosse players in Burnaby.”
Koznecov says the idea has proven to be a
win-win for everyone involved.
“I thought it’s really established a sense of
pride in being a Burnaby Laker,” he said, adding the more people who come out to a game,
the better a team plays.
“It’s a simple formula,” Koznecov added.
“The more they like doing what they’re doing,
the more they will stick with it.”
And Jayson could not agree more.
When he told his Grade 4 school chums
at Holy Cross Elementary about his lacrosse
experience, one friend answered, ‘Oh, I wish
I could play. I might want to play next year,’”

Horn blower:

Robert Dwyer
mans the
Burnaby junior
B Lakers air
horn at a
recent minor
association
box lacrosse
game at the Bill
Copeland Sports
Centre.

Former Giant
now a King

Tom Berridge/
burnaby now

Jayson said.
And that’s precisely what the Burnaby
juniors hoped would happen.
“If we get more kids to stay in the sport, I
think we are winning,” Gilliam said. “We try
our best. It’s not all about winning, it’s keeping
the sport alive.”
Irwin agreed.
“I haven’t done much volunteering and
things like that. This is sort of my chance to
do something without getting paid for it. I got
a sort of satisfaction, getting a young kid out
to our game – something I never had,” Irwin
added.
As for Jayson, well, it certainly appears
that this will not be something that the excited
youngster will soon forget.
“Oh yeah, yeah, a lot,” he said. “I want to
play forever.”

Former Northwest Giants forward Jordan Weal was signed
to a pro entry-level contract by the Los Angeles Kings on April
18. A four-year veteran of the Western Hockey League, Weal,
19, placed fifth in league scoring with 96 points, including 43
goals, with the Regina Pats.

Clan win 10th game
in conference split
Simon Fraser University won its 10th Pacific
Northwest conference
women’s softball game
in a series split with
Northwest Nazarene.
The Clan opened with
a 5-4 victory before falling 4-3 in 10 innings in
the later game at Nampa,
Idaho on Tuesday.
Lauren Mew figured
prominently in the scoring, batting in the team’s
opening run in the third
inning before tying the
game with an RBI single
in the top of the seventh
and then scoring the
game-winning run off of

Former
Northwest
Giants forward Brady
Brassart scored his first
goal of the Western
Hockey League playoffs to help the Spokane
Chiefs take a one-game
series lead over the
Portland Winterhawks in
the Western Conference
final on April 22.
Spokane defeated the
Winterhawks 2-1 on the
road.
Portland
currently
holds a 2-1 series lead on
the Americans.

Leah Riske’s double to
left field.
Shea O’Neil got credit
for the win, coming on
in relief of starter Kelsie
Hawkins.
In the second game,
Cara Lukawesky went the
distance, striking out five
batters in a six-hitter.
Riske scored a goahead run in the ninth
inning off a throwing
error. But Nazarene knotted the score again in the
bottom of the inning, and
then scored the gamewinner as SFU committed
three errors in the final
two innings.

Ice do the icing

Former
Burnaby
Winter Club forward
Elgin Pearce drew an
assist for the Kootenay Ice

Striker in on two in draw
Christine Sinclair helped the expansion Western New
York Flash continue its unbeaten streak in Women’s
Professional Soccer.
Sinclair tallied her second goal in as many games,
opening the scoring in an eventual 2-2 draw with the
Atlanta Beat in Kennesaw, Georgia on Sunday.
The South Burnaby product capitalized on an Atlanta
error in the third minute of the contest, burying the
turnover with a low shot to the far post.
Sinclair also factored into the Flash’s second goal,
lofting in a dangerous ball to the near post, where a
substitued Marta flicked the ball into the goal in the
66th minute.
The Beat replied three minutes later with the gametying goal.

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righties. But we’re confident we can do it.”
Wilson, who is backed up by assistant coaches Stu
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challenging, but we’re up for the challenge,” Wilson
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in the opening game of the
WHL Eastern Conference
final against the Medicine
Hat Tigers.
Pearce collected his second point of the playoffs
following the first-period
helper in Kootenay’s 6-5
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Tigers.
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Barbara was born and raised in Salmon
Arm, B.C. She graduated from high
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nurse at Woodlands School and rising
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newfound hobby of watercolour painting and most of all any
occasion to spend time with friends and family.
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brother Bill and all of their families and a large extended family.
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greatly appreciated.
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Cancer June 21-July 22: You optimism, popularity
and delight rise (all week, but especially Monday/
Tuesday). Social joys, ﬂirtations, wish fulﬁlment and
entertainment arrive! Make and accept invitations.
Wishes might particularly come true in career, status
and business areas. Something really signiﬁcant
has been building here for some months, and has
either already offered a big step up for you, or will
soon. Be alert, eager and ambitious. Two things can
impede your advance: a partner, mate or competitor
(or a “stubborn public”) or a home situation that
demands compromise. Rest, plan midweek.
Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Be ambitious – you can
make strides upward now. Although you might not
see discernible progress, you’re “preparing the
way” for a great run of luck in career, business,
status and prestige areas from early June right
into June 2012. So plug away, especially Monday.
A major trend still ﬂows through your areas of law,
love, culture, far travel, education, publishing and
intellectual endeavours. This is a lucky, surprising
inﬂuence, so be ready to say “Ah, ha!” and embrace
what comes – now into 2018, these zones (e.g.,
travel, school) could bring your mate for life!
Happiness, midweek!
Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: The big action, signiﬁcant
occurrences remain heavily weighted toward sexual
bonds, intimate commitments, lifestyle changes,
research, secrets, ﬁnancial actions, investments,
debts, consequences – and, overall, luckily so! But
a new element enters now, an element of peace
and understanding, of wisdom and compassion.
You can decide to make a commitment while you’re
clear about the results. Legalities, love and ethics
also enter. This can bring sex with love, great cooperation with another, investments that are ethical
also. Monday, Thursday, Friday support your efforts.

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use this in the pursuit of money, or in love’s service.
The main thing is, don’t waste this time – ﬁve of
eight planets are in Aries! This gives you extra kick,
clout and luck – and hints that whatever happens
now is signiﬁcant in terms of your entire 80 or 90
years. Other than a bit of deception Wednesday
morn, and a sluggish Saturday, this is a lucky,
smooth week. Get things done! Two cautions: A
partner or competitor has the upper hand. Don’t
ﬁght. If you oppose authority you’ll lose.
Taurus April 20-May 20: Your energy, charisma
and effectiveness climb, especially Monday
onward. Get out, be seen, start signiﬁcant projects.
Your “world wide” luck is still a bit low, but that
will change soon. June 4 will bring almost 13
months of huge, decade-high luck, particularly in
ﬁnances, investments, debt, sex, lifestyle changes
and commitments in legal, educational, cultural or
travel areas that somehow turn your life around.
So some of your energy right now might be wellspent preparing for future (near future!) action. Tap
government, charities, researchers: They will aid.
Gemini May 21-June 20: Your energy is a bit low,
so don’t put yourself in a “performance situation.”
Rest, protect your health, dress sensibly, eat right.
Fulﬁl obligations, but ignore those who clamour.
You’re still in a period in which big wishes, lifemate needs and social yearnings are likely to be
fulﬁlled. Some things can prevent this: ﬁrst, deep,
heart-bending romance, creative outpourings or
taking big risks; second, investments, lifestyle
changes, health, or “deep sex.” Of these, the
“second” will be lucky June 2011 to June 2012;
the “ﬁrst” will begin to improve after mid-2012.
Wish!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Though deep sexual,
ﬁnancial and health themes arise in May, a strong
and lucky accent remains on relationships, marriage,
business partnerships, fame and public relations,
contracts and negotiations, litigation, relocation and
opportunities in general. You’re cautious, 2010 to
late 2012 – that’s good, but caution seldom grabs
the prize. You have to leap, too. You know there’s at
least one thing or person to leap to, and of course,
reasons to and not to. My advice: Leap. A love affair,
pregnancy, new ﬁnancial picture, new domicile,
even new country could result. Wow – life!
Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Though most of the luck
and action of your life remain in the machinery, work
and health realm, that won’t last past June. May
brings intriguing meetings, partnership proposals,
dealings with others, new contacts – and, perhaps,
ideas/visions of new places you’d like to be, either
across the globe or up the ladder of success.
Maintain your equilibrium and sense of diplomacy
this month, don’t ﬁght or argue. Realize some of
the new urges and new contacts that arise now
hint at, might even develop into, the huge, lucky
opportunities that arrive this June to June 2012.
(Hints Monday.)
Sagittarius
Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Powerful luck,
trends, movement, change still affect your romantic,
creative, child-oriented, pleasure-seeking,
speculative and sports zones (to June 4), but another
trend moves in through May: Work. Work, health,
machinery, duties, all that good stuff. As these don’t
combine that well, usually, I’d split my time between
them. Keep your eye on that quiet, deep long-term
goal, too. Monday brings work success. Life’s ﬁlled
with opportunities Wednesday noon to Friday noon
– if you know how to co-operate, to accent another’s
needs/desires. Soon, a major work project!

May 1 - 7
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: The weeks ahead
successfully combine security and expansion.
Although romance,creativity,speculation and pleasure
are accented in May, your luck in real estate, home,
security, retirement, “Mother Nature” and similar
zones continues strongly – but only to early June.
If you’ve been hesitating about buying (repairing,
renovating) that home or starting that retirement fund
or garden, or about having a child, you should act
soon. (One exception: real estate might be luckier if
you wait until after May 10.) Romance Tuesday. Tackle
chores midweek to Friday. Diplomacy, Saturday!
Aquarius
Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Pay attention to
your “base,” especially Monday/Tuesday – family
members, home, security, these deserve attention
all month. You might have frequent visitors, or be
travelling around town a lot, texting or phoning – but
as the weeks pass, this travel and talk gently subside,
to bring you, by June, into a year of quiet, peaceful
domestic bliss. Or luck, at least, for some homebased friction will exist, mid-May through June.
Romance and/or creativity, games and gambles pull
you Wednesday to Friday. A Gemini might be involved.
All’s ﬁne! Chores, Saturday. Rest, nap all week.
Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: This is a pretty smooth,
easy week – though Saturday (May 7) might be a
little frustrating or rocky. The accent lies on short
trips, acquaintances, siblings, paperwork, details,
messaging. Be curious, follow your nose. Since
money matters are still blessed (into early June) the
best course would be to use this communications
and fact-oriented period in the pursuit of money, to
communicate with clients or potential employers,
VIPs, etc. (Monday is good for this.) Your home life,
family, security and diet (nutrients) gain importance
Wednesday-Friday: Good results!
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250mg 60 caps

Get all the goodness of the research
proven greens+ in an Instant Smoothie.

708-739ml • product of USA

Eden Organic Canned Beans

125mg 30 tabs

greens+ instant
smoothie a day

assorted varieties

1 L • product of Canada

1 kit

Helps to temporarily promote
relaxation. Reduces anxiety and
improves the quality of sleep.

19.99

assorted varieties

560g

regular retail price

Wild Rose Herbal D-Tox Kit

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

Organic Multigrain Bread

B.C. Grown

Casa Fiesta Refreid Beans

1.99

each

Hot House Red Tomatoes on the Vine

reg 5.69

Chapman’s No Sugar Ice Cream

480g

3.98

4.69/100g

From Our Bakery
3.49

Certified Organic,
Costa Rica Grown

From the Deli
save 2.00
off

2lb Bag

Pineapples from
Capa Cooperative

Specialty Roasted Chickens

570-600g
product of Canada

Sundried Tomato
Olive Bread

1.98

Whole Organic Chickens

2/7.00

Liberté Plain or
Fruit Yogurt

Certified Organic
California Grown

256-269g

Eco Max Liquid
Laundry Detergents
three varieties

8.99

3 L • product of Canada

342-411g • product of USA

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